Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Elephant in the Room; 1. Lunatics and Messengers; GOD ON OUR SIDE; NOTES; 2. Religion and Violence; CONFUSING MESSAGES; RELIGIOUS WAR?; THE VIOLENCE OF GOO AND THE SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE; NOTES; 3. Violence-of-God Traditions in the Hebrew Scriptures; MONOTHEISM AND VIOLENCE; UNRELENTING VIOLENCE; THE ENDURING ASSUMPTION; NOTES; 4. Violent Story Lines in the Hebrew Scriptures; THE EXODUS; EXILE; APOCALYPTICISM; NOTES; 5. Violence-of-God Traditions in the New Testament; PUNISHING VIOLENCE
THE APOCALYPTIC AND MESSIANIC SEESAWNOTES; 6. Violence-of-God Traditions in the Quran; PERVASIVE VIOLENCE; THREATS OF HELL LINKED TO DISBELIEF; THREATS OF HELL LINKED TO POOR CONDUCT OR USED TO MOTIVATE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR; PARALLEL STORIES OF GOO'S PUNISHING VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE AND WARFARE AGAINST RELIGIOUS OTHERS AND ENEMIES; PARADISE PROMISES; GOO AS HOLY WARRIOR; FODDER FOR EXTREMISTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 7. Room for Doubt?; I DOUBT IT; SANCTIFYING VIOLENCE; DOWNPLAYING THE VIOLENCE; UNWANTED ALTERNATIVES; DOES IT MATTER?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 8. Saved by Enemies; SELECTIVE HISTORY
LISTENING TO AND LEARNING FROM ENEMIESNOTES; 9. Saved by Doubt; IN DEFENSE OF DOUBT; DOUBTING VIOLENCE; JESUS AND DOUBT; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Index
Summary
In this courageous and controversial book, Nelson-Pallmeyer explores the relationship between human violence and the scared texts of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
